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Occasional V8 user...
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Canberra, A.C.T
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A few weeks back, our ute got reversed in to by some unthinking tw*t in a local carpark.
Anyway, we got the panel beating sorted on insurance, and that was done over the last couple of days. Picked it up today, and drove home. Went to lock it once at home, only to discover that the hazard lights flash, and the horn gives that short series of beeps (as though there is a door ajar). Problem is, there is no door (or bonnet) ajar, and the lock actuators aren't working (there is no noise at all as though they are engaging). Now, the central locking has always worked perfectly on this car. (both on the remote fob, and the dash button). So I'm wondering, if the panel beaters were removing and refitting stuff around the tub area (where the panel damage was), is there a possibility that they might have removed and forgotten to refit - or simply damaged - something which has stuffed the central locking? Or should I be looking for a wear and tear issue, un-related to the panel beating work. (And yes, I dropped the car off to them on Wednesday afternoon last week, and used the remote to centrally lock the car at that point. FWIW, I did do something of a half-hearted search on this; The issue is that because the forum is now so large, you can spend ages reviewing partial matches which aren't quite what you were looking for. One of the "bugbears of success", perhaps?
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 11
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had same problem
no mater what I did the car thought a door was ajar used for scan told me drivers door was ajar then remembered that the drivers side seat belt was not retracting properly and the buckle would get caught in the door so assumed it had damaged the agitator electrics replaced agitator from wreckers still the same reset bcm all good hope this helps |
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Canberra, A.C.T
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Did you reset via FORscan (can't remember seeing a "reset" option), or just via disconnecting battery for (x) period of time?
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Aug 2012
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no used for scan to find out what door then reset bcm using this method
http://www.aufalcon.com.au/cgi-bin/i...f=techdocs/ECU |
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Sick Puppy
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 1,963
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Bugger about the old girl getting crunched.
Sounds like they have done something and busted the door latch. Is the cabin light staying on all the time? |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2010
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Occasional V8 user...
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Canberra, A.C.T
Posts: 107
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Matt, the car's now all good. Looks as good as it did. As for the door locking; mostly my fault. I conflated the door locking issue with the panel beating. In other words, the car locked on the button when I left it there, It didn't when I picked it up, ergo the panel beaters "must have done something which st*ffed something up". Ended up running some diags on the car via the ELM327 unit (which did throw some codes, none of which shed much light on the central locking issue). But sometimes the simple things are often the problem, and other circumstances are, indeed, "circumstantial". Had a look through the fuse box this morning, and (to my chagrin ![]()
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